The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-07-21
THE PIEDMONT SECTION.
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM NEAR BY
COUNTIES.
A Haversack of Happenings Gathered
From Our Exchanges in Piedmont
North Carolina.

eight miles of streets.
Rowan county farmers are jubilant over
the bright prospects of crops,
The visitors at the Piedmont Springs are
becoming numerous.
The tobacco crop in Stokes county though
small, looks very promising.
High Point Classical Institute opeps An
gust 2Sth.
E. V. Swain threshed 1900 bushels of
wheat last week near High Point.
Statesville-Henry Mills has commenced
work on a furniture factory, 25x1OO feet.
colored man diea in Greensboro last
week from sun stroke.
DIR. Lash and family, of Walnut Cove are
on visit to the Western part of the State
Greeneboro's new brick $4,000 Graded
School building is to be completed by Oct.
LIST.
The Southern Normal School will open
at Lexington on the first Monday in Au-
gust.
Judge Gilmer will hold court at Rock
ingham July 25th and in Stokes county
August 9Th.
The white and colored Graded Schools of
Salisbury will open on the first Monday in
September.
DIR. L. c. Stokes, of Wilkes county, died
a few days ago in New Mexico. His re-
mains were brought to Wilkesboro.
The Friends School at New Garden,
Guilford County, will celebrate its 50th an
niversary, August 11th. .
The celebration at Rutherford College,
August 10th to Both next, i. expected to
be grand success.
Mr. j. Van Lindley, the nurseryman,
will attend the American Pomological
Congress which meets at Boston. Mass.
The Lexington cornet band will furnish
the music at the Masonic picnic at Mocks-
vile, August 1lth.
Mr.. w. o. Click, of DAvie .psrts the
best yield of wheat that we have received
He sowed three bushels and threshed seven
ty five bushels.
Since the warm weather set in, travel
over the Western North Carolina Railroad
has been quite large. The people are seek
ing the mountains
The Baptists of Greensboro will run an
excursion to Washington City on August
End in the interest of their new church,
which is nearing completion.
The census of the first and second warts
of Greensboro shows the number of souls in
that half of the city to be AS; SO7 white
and 63S colored.
Mr.. Andrew Berrier, of Davidson county,
made yield of Abb bushels Of wheat that
was threshed in fourteen hours with a.
horse power machine.
The amount of real estate in Statesville
Township is assessed at $20l, 5l3; number
OF acres of land 23,763!, which is an aver
age value of $s.4S.
Only a small sum is lacking to complete
the subscription necessary to build the ex-
tension from Stokesdals, on the C. F. & Y.
V. K. r. to Madison, Rockingham county
There will be school exhibition at Bud
Blossom School House on Friday, July 29th.
Rev. J. w. Patton is principal and the lit
erary address will be delivered by Mr.. w.
T. Deans, of Guilford county.
The colored people of Davie county will
hold their annual Educational Picnic Sat.
urday, August 18th. Rev. J. C. Price, Of
Salisbury, has been invited to deliver an
address on education, On that day.
Prof. w. H. Neave, the weli-knowr
trombo soloist, of Salisbury, is off on q
months tour to Ohio to assist in grand mu-
steal concerts. Prof Neave is winning fol
himself national reputation in the must
| cal world.
The Patriot says: The move to torn
joint stock company for the establishment
of a patent roller Touring mill for Green's
bOro has met with such success that still an
other move has been inaugurated to form &
| joint stock company for the establishment
of a cotton factory.
| At the meeting of the stockholders anG
directors ofthe North Carolina Railroad
held at Greensboro. Thursday, Col. Thos.
NJ. Holt was reelected president and P. I
Rufiin, Esq, secretary. Four new director
were chosen on the part of the State ane
four for the private stockholders.
i Rev. K. G. Pearson, the noted evangelist
whose efforts were so abundantly blessed il
Charlotte not long since, writes to a citizsl
of Salisbury saying that he will be at tina
place to conduct a series of meetings abou
the middle of October. Meetings will b
held under the auspices Of the YIN. C.. A.
Died in Greensboro at O'Clock last nigh
George G. Wilson, son of Rev. n. H.
Wilson, D. D., aged about 25 years. III
was graduate of the University of Mort
Carolina. After leaving the University h
entered the Dick and billiard law school 8
this place and was liscensed to practice la,
about two Year, ago. His funeral will tax
place this evening at $50 o'clock.
The Salisbury Watch AN says: "Johl
Mayberry, COL, one of the water work
hands, IN moving chunk Tuesday mo-
ming was bitten on. the finger by lare
blunt-tailed copper head snake. He imm,
!, diately killed the snake, cut it open an
tied its liver around his finger as remed
. and came to town. DIR. Trantham apple
lotion and told him to go and get maus
lin drunk and stay so for twelve hours. 4
latest accounts he was'dead (drunk).
: Below is the organization list of the offic
,, of Collector Craige, of the new fifth di
trict Sterling Ruffin, Chief Deputy, d. q
. MO. Sheriff., Cashier, D. c.; CLINE
2 Brenizer, Bonded Acct, d. s.: Jsron
: Dowd, d. C. in Stamp Room CIV Mic
al, D. c., Brandy & Tobacco: ]. C. Tpto
: J. p. Matheso